In this file photo taken on Nov 19, 2020, street traders sell mangos and other fruit before being told by security forces to pack up and leave, on a street in Kampala, Uganda. (PHOTO / AP) KAMPALA – Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United Nations' human rights office in the East African country, citing the development of its own …
Mali expels UN mission’s human rights chief
This file photo shows a UN vehicle patrolling the streets before the polls open for the presidential election in Bamako, Mali, July 29, 2018. (PHOTO / REUTERS) BAMAKO – The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the UN peacekeeping mission's human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he had been declared persona non grata. In a statement, it …
US rights body calls for stronger reproductive protections
This July 25, 2022, photo shows abortion-rights protestors march between the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Library where US Vice President Kamala Harris was meeting with Indiana legislators to discuss reproductive rights in Indianapolis. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday called for countries in the Americas to reinforce protections for women and girls seeking abortions. (PHOTO / AP) MEXICO CITY – …
Harris says abortion rights threatened across United States
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, in Tallahassee, Florida, on Jan 22, 2023. (DON JUAN MOORE / AFP) WASHINGTON – Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris said abortion rights are under attack across the United States in a speech Sunday marking the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision …
Venezuela accuses US of distorting human rights issues
People raise a new Venezuelan flag on the dome of the Federal Legislative Palace before a session for the installation of the National Parliament for the legislative period 2023-2024 at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas, on Jan 5, 2023. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) CARACAS – The United States has distorted the issue of human rights in Venezuela for its own political ends, Venezuelan Foreign …
Peru families mourn protest dead after worst violence in decades
Relatives and friends of the victims of clashes with the Peruvian police gather at a field adjacent to the airport carrying their coffins in the Andean city of Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 11, 2023. (JUAN CARLOS CISNEROS / AFP) LIMA – Peruvians in the southern region of Puno carried coffins through the streets on Wednesday of the 17 civilians who died in protests in …
‘New US border measures could undermine fundamental human rights’
Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, the border between the United States and Mexico, with the purpose of reinforcing border security and inhibiting the crossing of migrants to the US, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Dec 27, 2022. (JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ / REUTERS) GENEVA – New border enforcement measures announced by the US could undermine …
Music Licensing, Inc. (OTC: SONG) Announces Major Updates for Investors: Form 211 Filing, Potential Forward Stock Split or Dividend, and Plans to List on Nasdaq
NAPLES, FL, Dec 21, 2022 – (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) – Music Licensing, Inc. (OTC PINK:SONG), owner of Pro Music Rights, one of the world’s lar…
Music Licensing, Inc.（場外交易市場OTC代碼：SONG）宣布投資者的重大更新：211 表備案、潛在的遠期股票拆分或股息以及在納斯達克上市的計劃
NAPLES, FL, Dec 19, 2022 – (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) – Music Licensing, Inc.（場外交易市場OTC代碼：SONG）是全球最大的音樂許可公司之一，Pro Music Rights 的所有者，很高興地宣布已向 FINRA 提交新…
Indonesian new criminal code respects privacy, human rights
JAKARTA, Dec 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Indonesia clarifies that the New Criminal Code was drafted carefully and obeys Human Rights aspects, following the emergence of reactions related to the ratification of the code. Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej on Friday stated the criminal code was drafted carefully by paying attention to the balance of the …
Venezuela blasts EU’s decision to renew sanctions
The shadows of synthetic macaws are cast on the pavement backdropped by a mural of a macaw as pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk past, in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, June 5, 2020.(ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP) CARACAS – The Venezuelan government on Saturday lambasted the decision of the European Union (EU) to renew sanctions against the South American country for another year. "With …
UN warns of worst human rights situation in decades in Haiti
Haitians work in Port-au-Prince on Oct 29, 2022. (RICHARD PIERRIN / AFP) GENEVA – Continued armed violence has pushed Haiti into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation it has seen in decades, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday. Urgent solutions to this "protracted, multifaceted crisis" must be found, Turk underlined. ALSO READ: UN chief suggests rapid action force to help …
Biden signs second executive order to protect abortion access
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC, on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Supreme Court and Republicans are clueless about the power of American women as he signed a second executive order aimed …
Access to healthy environment now a universal human right
Members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and volunteers perform an environmental clean-up in the UN-enforced buffer zone separating the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied northern part of the island, near Troulli about 17 kilometers north of Larnaca, on Nov 12, 2021. (ETIENNE TORBEY / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution declaring access to clean, …
Biden weighs power to declare abortion health emergency
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider whether he has authority to declare an abortion-related public health emergency after the Supreme Court …
Biden weighs authority to declare abortion-related health emergency
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider whether he has authority to declare an abortion-related public health emergency after the Supreme Court …
Biden signs executive order on abortion
US President Joe Biden attends an event on fighting "ghost guns" crimes at the White House in Washington, DC April 11, 2022. (PHOTO/XINHUA) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, …
EU urged to include abortion in Charter of Fundamental Rights
European lawmakers gather to vote at the European Parliament on July 6, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution to add the right to abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, condemning the recent US Supreme Court's decision. Members of the European Parliament also asked the …
US Supreme Court endorses football coach’s on-field prayers
Police walk in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC on June 27, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violated the rights of a Christian high school football coach who was suspended for refusing to stop leading …
US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights
Supporters of abortion rights attend a rally in Washington, DC, the United States, on May 14, 2022. (LIU JIE/XINHUA) WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in the nation nearly 50 years ago. "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his majority opinion. "Its reasoning …